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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Take Action for the Oceans
Learn more   End Ghost Fishing! Lost and abandoned fishing gear kills countless fish, sharks, birds, marine mammals and sea turtles each year ...
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ETEI: Case Study #2 -- The Solution: Cap and Trade
In the language of fishery management, a system of "Individual Transferable Fishing Quotas" (or ITQs) was put in place, but the essential change was this: a capped ... life was lost. Ghost fishing and bycatch dropped significantly, reducing two environmental impacts. No longer forced to sell to a small number of buyers in a crowded market, fishing crews got a fairer ...
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ETEI: Case Study #2 -- The Problem: Overfishing of Halibut
As the local fishing industry grew in size and sophistication, fishing fleets started pulling larger and larger hauls from ... and that would ensure good fishing for generations to come. Given fewer fish to catch, however, each fishing crew made it their job ... to lure and kill fish (a destructive process known as "ghost fishing"). There was no time to sort each haul either, so ...
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Glossary
Fishing capacity – the quantity of fish that can be taken by a fishing unit, i.e. individual, community, vessel or fleet. Fishing effort – the amount of fishing gear of a specific ... leading to the subsequent offspring having lower variability when compared to the pure wild strain. Ghost fishing – the phenomenon whereby lost nets or traps continue to fish. Gill net – a loosely set ...
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Welcome to Forest and Bird
(Jan 2000-April 2007) show that the recreational fishing sector is responsible for most South Island Hector’s dolphin ... vulnerable to this method of fishing and easily over-exploited. Sharks, which are particularly vulnerable to fishing (link to shark page) ... proverbial tip of the iceberg. Ghost fishing When set nets are discarded or lost they continue to "ghost fish" for years because ...
www.forestandbird.org.nz

Hectors Dolphin Set Nets
These types of nets are among the most wasteful and indiscriminate fishing methods ever developed. Set nets are used widely in New Zealand ... of Conservation (www.doc.govt.nz). Ghost fishing... When set nets are discarded or lost at sea they continue to ‘ghost fish’ for years because they ... do? Don't use set nets if you go fishing in the sea, use a fishing line instead. And tell a friend to read this ...
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WWF - Fishing problems: Destructive fishing practices
Dynamite fishing has contributed to massive destruction of, for example, Southeast Asian coral reefs over the past 20 years. Ghost fishing: Ghost fishing occurs when fishing gear is lost or abandoned ... Seas, an estimated 1,000km of ghost nets were released each year into the North Pacific Ocean alone. Although the current contribution of ghost fishing to bycatch is unknown, it is ...
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Sacremento Stripers
Stripers and Rainbow trout. Like all fishing in the summer, fish sunrise and sunset. Fall sees the ... Whole frozen anchovies on 15lb test, sliding baitfinder rig, 2oz weight. Sturgeon: Ghost shrimp/sliding bottom finder/3oz weight/20lb test-use a ... to Early April Contact any Sacramento bait store or K-mart fishing section for what is biting. Back to Top Where? The Sacramento ...
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Rivermouth/Pass Layout
Rivermouth/Pass Layout Get your Combat-Fishing Stuff Here! Tactics for a Rivermouth/Pass (home) Diagram Key Tackle/Rigging back to top ... , Clams S.Atlanic/Gulf: Herring/Menhaden, Pinfish, Shrimp Pacfic: Sardine/Anchovy/Herring (live or dead), Ghost Shrimp, Lamprey, Clams Get your Combat-Fishing Stuff Here!
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Flatback Turtle Natator depressus - Threatened Species Day 2005 fact sheet
What's being done? The Australian Government ... marine turtles. For example: Make sure no nets, equipment or rubbish is lost overboard when fishing or boating Be aware of turtles in the water and avoid excessive boat speeds ...
www.environment.gov.au